Posted on 06/26/2004 3:05:27 PM PDT by smonk
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (Reuters) - The Green Party on Saturday refused to back Ralph Nader in his independent run for the White House, a move that could reduce his chances of being a factor in this year's election.
Delegates to the half-million-member party's presidential convention voted to nominate party activist David Cobb, a California lawyer who led the delegate count going into the meeting.
On the second round of voting, Cobb captured 408 delegates, more than the 385 needed to gain the nomination.
"What you have here before you are working class people who have demonstrated that it is possible to build a political party on principles and values -- without corporate money and without selling out," he told a lively crowd after he won the nomination.
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Get Nader as an indy AS WELL AS the Green Party on the ballot!!!!
shweet.
This is good. Green Party will make the leftie vote split even further whoo hoo!
No this will keep Nader off the ballot in many places. What it is, is proof that the Greens are a wholly owned subsidiary of the D party.
Take that, Ralph!
At any rate, the Greens have a long history of doing little to hurt the Dems. Whether they're a fraudulent organization in league with the Dems, or just an ineffective circle jerk, it amounts to the same thing.
You're right: This is bad news for us. Nader will now have more trouble getting on state ballots.
Nader has the Reform Party ballot slots, so he already has ballot access in some of the most important states - including Florida and Michigan. He'll have to haul ass to qualify for all fifty states as an independent candidate though. Perhaps conservatives could sign his petitions for ballot access, y'know just to be nice and friendly like? ;)
Cobb won't have much of a profile as the Green Party candidate; certainly a much lower profile than Nader. But Cobb should draw, say, half a percent to 1 percent of the national vote. And every little bit counts. :)
I welcome this. What Bush needs is a clear margin of victory in both the electoral college and the popular vote. Nader's marginalization will help this.
Despite this being the first election in my memory where the press is actively campaigning for the democrats, I think this one's gonna be something of a landslide. The further Candidate Ketchup Boy steps out onto the national stage, the lower his numbers drop. He brings nothing to the table. He's the classic, northeastern tax and spend liberal. The difference with Kerry, however, is that he's totally elitist. He's not going to play as well with working class americans and minorities as past presidential candidates. Hell, even Clinton couldn't muster more than 50% of the popular vote. Hehehe...and we thought Kakdukis was bad? Speaking of which, Dukakis was also considered a serious candidate in 1988. I'm not worried.
Maybe four ways, if is LaRouche running on the "Tin Foil Hat" ticket again.
It's good to see the fascist, blood and soil cult green party on the ballot. I will encourage my rat acquaintances to go green.
Not really. Cobb will have as much of an impact on the race as Badinarik or Peroutka. However, Nader could still be a problem...as long as he gets on the ballot in swing stes. >:D
Works for me Dan!
It was Milwaukee. They probably thought they were voting for the "Green Bay" party.
Go Lions!!
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